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joining us now with all the details is abc's john muller. >> it is. "trains, planes and automobiles," funny movie but it's not such a funny reality for anyone traveling in the massive grips of this. the ripple effects will cause problems for the entire nation well clear of the impact zone. let's talk planes, hundreds of cancellations to be exact, 900 flights canceled today. 2500 canceled for monday. almost every major carrier is issuing a flexible change policy allowing customers to change their travel plans without penalty fees due to sandy. now, delta will let people ticketed between today and wednesday in 15 states wednesday in 15 states to reschedule. united and american have similar plans, as well. if your flight is canceled you're entitled to a full refund. amtrak will cancel some trains beginning today between virginia, chicago, washington, miami, new york, even chicago face cancellations. once again, give amtrak a call if you plan on traveling in these areas over the next few days. new york, the largest city in america could really face a shut
joining us now with all the details is abc's john muller. >> it is. "trains, planes and automobiles," funny movie but it's not such a funny reality for anyone traveling in the massive grips of this. the ripple effects will cause problems for the entire nation well clear of the impact zone. let's talk planes, hundreds of cancellations to be exact, 900 flights canceled today. 2500 canceled for monday. almost every major carrier is issuing a flexible change policy allowing...
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a researcher at johns hopkins, he's put together a model, predicting, how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million without power. >> our model suggesting 10 million. >> reporter: roughly 10 million without power for a week or more. if 50 million feel the effects of this, that's 1 in 5, could be without electricity. if you're inland, think again, it could be a bad one. dan and bianna. >> it will go well inland. david kerley, thank you for your reporting. >>> another breaking story we're watching closely. a massive earthquake off the west coast triggered a tsunami warning in hawaii. our worst fears quelled for now at least. on our affiliate reports. >> very serious situation in hawaii earl yi this evening. the civil service calling for a evacuation of the low-lying areas. caused by the 7.7 earthquake in canada. >> they're seeing the waves come in. it's still going to be a long night tonight. they'll have to wait at least a couple of more hours before they can consider lower that advisory. it appears that it's not going to be as bad as once predicted. >>> back out to sa
a researcher at johns hopkins, he's put together a model, predicting, how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million without power. >> our model suggesting 10 million. >> reporter: roughly 10 million without power for a week or more. if 50 million feel the effects of this, that's 1 in 5, could be without electricity. if you're inland, think again, it could be a bad one. dan and bianna. >> it will go well inland. david kerley, thank you for your reporting....
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for "good morning america," john schriffen, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to john. >>> now, to the latest casualty of sandy. the new york city marathon has never been canceled. not by weather. not even by 9/11. but this year, the mayor's insistence that the show must go on, was met with massive outrages. politicians issuing press releases. people on twitter referring to the race as the hunger games. and runners themselves organizing boycotts on facebook. let's get it out to abc's john muller in central park, where the race will not take place. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. behind me, central park gated, shut down. no race hubbub. no race prep. as you mentioned, the first for new york city in a week full of firsts. it came down to two arguments. keep this race on and show how inspiring new yorkers are. or shut it down and focus 100% on the victims. the public has spoken loud and clear. they want to focus on the victims. and the city has listened. like the devastating storm surge that swept over new york city, the pressure and criticism couldn't be held back. th
for "good morning america," john schriffen, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to john. >>> now, to the latest casualty of sandy. the new york city marathon has never been canceled. not by weather. not even by 9/11. but this year, the mayor's insistence that the show must go on, was met with massive outrages. politicians issuing press releases. people on twitter referring to the race as the hunger games. and runners themselves organizing boycotts on facebook. let's get...
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john? >> reporter: good morning. we are here in battery park city, in what's being called zone "a." 375,000 residents around the city live in these low-lying potential flood zones. right behind us, you can see, the water right now is calm. but when sandy comes through, it wouldn't take much for the water to come up over these walls. last year, for hurricane irene, these residents had to be evacuated. so, this time around, they're ready for the worst. east coast communities going on the offensive. building sand walls, securing property and stocking up on supplies, as the superstorm closes in. after being pounded last year by hurricane irene with its record storm surge and feet of flooding, new york residents are once again bracing for the worst. damage from irene topped $14 billion. and sandy could wreak even more havoc. >> certainly having lived through it. i lost everything in my basement. i had up to ten feet of water in my house. this is a concern. >> reporter: governor cuomo has declared a state of emergency in p
john? >> reporter: good morning. we are here in battery park city, in what's being called zone "a." 375,000 residents around the city live in these low-lying potential flood zones. right behind us, you can see, the water right now is calm. but when sandy comes through, it wouldn't take much for the water to come up over these walls. last year, for hurricane irene, these residents had to be evacuated. so, this time around, they're ready for the worst. east coast communities going...
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dan and bianna. >> that's right, john. sandy putting campaigning on hold for a few days last week and for millions of storm victims getting to the polls is a low priority. so what impact could the hurricane have on tuesday's vote? let's bring in the host of abc's "this week" george stephanopoulos for more analysis. exciting last two days here but the president seemed to gain some momentum in sandy's wake, but polls are showing that romney's gaining popularity, as well. so who has the upper hand? >> our latest poll shows an absolutely dead heat, 48-48. that said, the president has been maintaining a small but pretty steady lead in most of those battleground states in all of the public polls. you talk about hurricane sandy, it's been interesting, the president was out there with governor christie and others over the course of the weekend and had karl rove say that helped president obama over the last several days. they believe it blocked mitt romney's momentum and helped burnish president obama's bipartisan credentials. >> i
dan and bianna. >> that's right, john. sandy putting campaigning on hold for a few days last week and for millions of storm victims getting to the polls is a low priority. so what impact could the hurricane have on tuesday's vote? let's bring in the host of abc's "this week" george stephanopoulos for more analysis. exciting last two days here but the president seemed to gain some momentum in sandy's wake, but polls are showing that romney's gaining popularity, as well. so who...
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johns john asbury was right there. >> because he told the truth, the police let him go. >> reporter: that sounds like this is premeditated. >> that's certainly the prosecution's argument. >> reporter: prosecutors say the boy shot his father as he lay asleep on the couch. they say the boy wanted to stop him from leaving his stepmom. the father was jeff hall, head of the southern california chapter of the country's largest neo-nazi party. >> the whites have a voice, as well. >> reporter: the son's lawyers say the boy's abrasive, racist environment led him to kill. attending nazi rallies. even taken to the border, where his father taught him how to keep mexicans out of the united states. >> you see t-shirts, brown pride, hispanic pride. if you see a white male wearing a white pride t-shirt, then it's offensive. >> reporter: are we talking about a 10-year-old neo-nazi? >> he was certainly exposed to it. he was in the home during these meetings, these rallies. and he was certainly aware of what his father's beliefs were. >> reporter: the boy is now 12 years old. he's being tried as a juve
johns john asbury was right there. >> because he told the truth, the police let him go. >> reporter: that sounds like this is premeditated. >> that's certainly the prosecution's argument. >> reporter: prosecutors say the boy shot his father as he lay asleep on the couch. they say the boy wanted to stop him from leaving his stepmom. the father was jeff hall, head of the southern california chapter of the country's largest neo-nazi party. >> the whites have a voice,...
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we want to go right away to wabc's john delgiorno. he's flying right now over the coastal town of bricktown, new jersey. john, i know firefighters can't get there yet. what are you seeing? >> thank you, george. you're liking at a fire burning in one of the hardest hit areas of the jersey shore. you're looking at mantoloking. this fire apparently being fed by natural gas. very dramatic earlier this morning. power is out for miles around. this area is completely inaccessible right now. by new channels that have been cut into the peninsula as the ocean meets the bay. the whole area is covered in five to ten feet of sand. back to times square. >> thank you so much. >>> we have more on the massive destruction on the jersey shore from the ground level. so much of that iconic beach town of seaside heights is underwater. full of debris there. parts of that famous boardwalk wiped out. "nightline" anchor terry moran is there this morning with the latest on the scene from his vantage point. terry? >> reporter: what you are seeing up the beach, t
we want to go right away to wabc's john delgiorno. he's flying right now over the coastal town of bricktown, new jersey. john, i know firefighters can't get there yet. what are you seeing? >> thank you, george. you're liking at a fire burning in one of the hardest hit areas of the jersey shore. you're looking at mantoloking. this fire apparently being fed by natural gas. very dramatic earlier this morning. power is out for miles around. this area is completely inaccessible right now. by...
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a researcher at johns hopkins, he's predicted how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million without power. >> our model suggest 10 million. >> reporter: roughly 10 million without power for a week or more. if 50 million feel the effect of this, 1 in 5, could be without electricity. a very big storm coming our way. >> that's an unbelievable number. >>> we'll go back out to sam champion in new york city, in preparations under way for how this city, the largest city in the country, would deal with hurricane sandy. >> bianna, you know, we have seen storms move up this coastline and breeze by new york. only one hurricane in recent memory irene made a move to this city and the city got ready for it. forecasters are being careful to let folks know right away that this storm has more strong effects than irene may have had. new york city is operating under a state of emergency and wants everyone prepared today for a monday storm. boarding up homes and buildings. >> i'm really nervous about this. i am. i'm cooking. i'm thinking that we're not going to ea
a researcher at johns hopkins, he's predicted how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million without power. >> our model suggest 10 million. >> reporter: roughly 10 million without power for a week or more. if 50 million feel the effect of this, 1 in 5, could be without electricity. a very big storm coming our way. >> that's an unbelievable number. >>> we'll go back out to sam champion in new york city, in preparations under way for how this city, the...
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we want to go right away to wabc's john delgiorno. john, i know firefighters can't get there yet. what are you seeing? >> this is about midway between the popular resort town seaside heights. this is a fire that's been burning for -- it has -- it looks like at least 10 to 15, maybe even more of these homes have been -- to the ground. the area right now, inaccessible from the mainland. this is a peninsula, accessible only by bridge. the nearest bridge right now, has been cut off. fire department -- even if they could, it looks as the storm surge came up, it deposited 10 to 15 feet of sand across the roadways. right now, no way to extinguish this fire in new jersey. back to times square. >> thanks so much. >>> we have more on the massive destruction on the jersey shore from the ground level. so much of that iconic beach town of seaside heights is underwater. full of debris there. part of the boardwalk knocked out. "nightline" anchor terry moran on the scene from his vantage point. terry? >> reporter: what you have been seeing, the fires you're looking at, that's the concern they hav
we want to go right away to wabc's john delgiorno. john, i know firefighters can't get there yet. what are you seeing? >> this is about midway between the popular resort town seaside heights. this is a fire that's been burning for -- it has -- it looks like at least 10 to 15, maybe even more of these homes have been -- to the ground. the area right now, inaccessible from the mainland. this is a peninsula, accessible only by bridge. the nearest bridge right now, has been cut off. fire...
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councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. some of them seeing the damage. over all a lot of people out here feeling that they may have dodged a bullet but you know at the same time we're not quite sure that the worse is over yet if the waters keep rising. >> this equaling the sentiment of government officials who say do not let your guard down yet. have you seen police patrolling the streets. >> reporter: we haven't seen many. but we have seen them as the sun comes up. we've seen state and county service trucks driving around, mainly police. we've seen a lot of police. including the highway patrol out here basically just cruising around. making sure everybody is okay. we did stop and talked to a couple of themes. we stopped one and he was optimistic that the waters had peaked and they were starting to recede. but he didn't really sure that's just what his eye perceived. bu
councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. some of them seeing the damage. over all a lot of people out here feeling that they may have dodged a bullet but you know at the same time we're not quite sure that the worse is over yet if the waters keep rising. >> this equaling the sentiment of government officials who say...
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john mellencamp. dave matthews. while mitt romney's strongest surrogate, his wife ann, choking up. >>> there's a new storm coming to the area slammed by sandy. as a nor'easter bears down, free gas causes chaos. beer company delivers water. and how they're dealing with that dangling crane. >>> the rescue caught on tape. a hiker trapped for three days by sandy's record snowfall. he thought that he was near the end when rescuers risking their own lives, found him in his socks. >>> and party foul. pippa middleton defends herself against critics of her new book. on party planning. some calling it a royal embarrassment. >>> happy sunday to everyone at home. the final sunday before election day. it's hard to believe that this campaign has been going on for nearly two years now and now we're down to the last two days. the voters are already starting to have their say. take a look at these long lines for early voting. in many states. who has the edge? george stephanopoulos will be here to discuss it all. >> it's the big ques
john mellencamp. dave matthews. while mitt romney's strongest surrogate, his wife ann, choking up. >>> there's a new storm coming to the area slammed by sandy. as a nor'easter bears down, free gas causes chaos. beer company delivers water. and how they're dealing with that dangling crane. >>> the rescue caught on tape. a hiker trapped for three days by sandy's record snowfall. he thought that he was near the end when rescuers risking their own lives, found him in his socks....
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mainly briefed by his chief homeland security adviser, john brennan. he watched the storm coverage on television, like much of us, throughout the night. he spoke with the governors of the states that were hardest hit. cuomo from new york, christie of new jersey. and also talked to the mayors of new york city and the mayors of jersey city and newark. talked about what they need. in the information he also one of the things we could do would be to expedite the process, by declaring major disaster relief. he'll be briefed again later today and will have a conference call. it seems like the campaign will go back on schedule tomorrow, george. >>> we're getting more scenes of devastation. extraordinary shots. look at that. a large tanker ship washed up on the shores of staten island here in new york city. michelle charlesworth has more on that. power of the storm clearly evident right there. >> reporter: unbelievable. we pulled up. we jumped out of the truck. amy, this is a 700-ton tanker. dates back to 1941, we now know. it's "the john b. caddell." stop for
mainly briefed by his chief homeland security adviser, john brennan. he watched the storm coverage on television, like much of us, throughout the night. he spoke with the governors of the states that were hardest hit. cuomo from new york, christie of new jersey. and also talked to the mayors of new york city and the mayors of jersey city and newark. talked about what they need. in the information he also one of the things we could do would be to expedite the process, by declaring major disaster...
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it's "the john b. caddell." this is the narrows. that's where it came from. it was over, moored on the right, a mile away. sandy picked up this tanker. first of all, marina. and the 15-foot storm surge, picked it up and put it on the street here. this was a fence. it is completely smashed down. and people all over staten island, are making their way here and coming over to say they touched a tanker on front street. unbelievable picture this morning. >> thanks so much for that. >>> as we said, millions still in the dark this morning. widespread power outages up and down the east coast. what can you do to make sure your pantry has what you need to survive a couple of days of darkness? claire shipman has that story. >> reporter: in the coming days, people will move from storm to supplies. we went over a storm checklist. first, she says, always plan for at least three days. second, focus on water. you need a gallon a day, per person. do you have bottled water? >> no. >> we've never lost water. to me, it isn't seem like anything important. >> reporter: i have the
it's "the john b. caddell." this is the narrows. that's where it came from. it was over, moored on the right, a mile away. sandy picked up this tanker. first of all, marina. and the 15-foot storm surge, picked it up and put it on the street here. this was a fence. it is completely smashed down. and people all over staten island, are making their way here and coming over to say they touched a tanker on front street. unbelievable picture this morning. >> thanks so much for that....
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john schriffen has the latest on the controversy. >> reporter: good morning. it is a tricky political decision for the city. run this massive marathon, despite the serious issues plaguing the city? possibly creating more chaos? or cancel an iconic event that could bring millions of much-needed money to small businesses. new york's mayor says the starting gun will fire here. still damaged streets filled with 40,000 runners and millions of onlookers. >> we expect by sunday, most of the power will be back, if not all of it. >> reporter: dis350i9 the efforts to bring the power grid and subways online. there's concern that much of the course will not be back to normal, clogging commuter routes. and many are questioning whether a city crippled by a storm should be focusing on a race instead of recovery. >> it seems wrong, if one police officer leaves his job to work at a road race. >> reporter: the race begins in the city's most difficult-to-reach borough, one hard-hit by the storm. >> it starts at staten island near the bridge. we've been cleaning up that area. and
john schriffen has the latest on the controversy. >> reporter: good morning. it is a tricky political decision for the city. run this massive marathon, despite the serious issues plaguing the city? possibly creating more chaos? or cancel an iconic event that could bring millions of much-needed money to small businesses. new york's mayor says the starting gun will fire here. still damaged streets filled with 40,000 runners and millions of onlookers. >> we expect by sunday, most of...